# Shard data And Node name relationship **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-data-and-node-name-relationship/20348 "2014-10-20T16:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Schonfeld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Daniel\_Schonfeld](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Schonfeld)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-data-and-node-name-relationship/20348/1 "2014-10-20T16:08:59Z")
Hello, Suppose I have a cluster of 3 nodes. Each node when it goes down and then comes back up, returns to the cluster with the data it had before shutdown. However, the node does not necessarily join the cluster with the same node name. From the perspective of reinitializing shards and rebalancing, does that change of name affect anything? i.e does the node tell the cluster on joining i am node XYZ or does it just say, I have shards a,b,c for index 'my index'? In other words, would rebalance commence due to name change of a node or due to data and other needs of ES? Thanks! Daniel Schonfeld -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a9a6a0db-8726-444d-b9bc-b5addbd1909f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a9a6a0db-8726-444d-b9bc-b5addbd1909f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shard-data-and-node-name-relationship/20348/2 "2017-07-06T00:54:58Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 12:54am UTC